I’ve long envied all those DIY blogs that churn out an infinite number of potential DIY project ideas. I’ve made no secret of my penchant for Completely Coastal, a blog that includes (but certainly isn’t limited to) DIY projects of a coastal nature. Indeed, I live vicariously through Maya and her projects, imagining what my […]
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I Will Go in the Ocean No More Forever
“From where the sun now stands I will go in the ocean no more forever,†declared my younger son a few weeks ago when we went back to spend a few days on our old island. Okay, those might not have been his exact words, him not being Chief Joseph and all, but he was […]
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Girlfriend’s Got the Moves
When we first moved to the beach, I awoke one morning to see a young tourist couple out on their nearby deck landing, doing yoga. At the time, I remember being in awe of their lack of inhibitions, how unmoved they seemed by the thought of all the people sitting in their homes or on […]
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Honestly, I Intended To Watch the Coastal Birds
Earlier this week, Baby-girl, my eldest son and I went on a coastal bird-watching tour, complete with guides and lots of wound up children who, being kids, chose to ignore the fact that birds are generally most scared of people when said people are loud. Thus, there weren’t many actual birds on our bird-watching tour. […]
Missing the Obvious: I’m Back for More & Oh, Joy! There Are Two Parts!
There’s nothing like motherhood to illuminate your incompetencies and to remind you of the high likelihood that at any given time, strange substances might become affixed to your personage or your offspring’s personage. Here’s how my latest reminder went down. One morning recently, I took the small people to school and then went to talk […]
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My View from the Deck: Part Four
It was dusk; the five of us were gathered in the open kitchen and living area of our house, all in various stages of writing, cooking, video gaming, and sibling bugging. Momentarily, I looked up from my computer and caught a glimpse of the drama unfolding. “It’s actually snowing on the beach!†I called out, […]